YouTube is the world’s largest video streaming platform. Hence, when Google removed the ability to seek videos by simply tapping on the progress bar last year, users showed displeasure. This option was replaced by a tapping gesture. Months later, the search giant has introduced yet another gesture for the same purpose.
Currently, if you want to seek YouTube videos on Android or iOS devices, you will have to tap two or multiple times on either the left or right side of the screen as per requirement. You can also drag the progress bar to achieve the same. But these two options are not as intuitive as tapping on a specific point on the progress bar for some users.
Now, according to a report by Android Police, Google is rolling out another gesture to seek videos on YouTube. This gesture requires users to tap and hold the screen, followed by a left or right swipe.
The new gesture is being rolled out as a server-side update for select few users on the YouTube app for Android v16.31.34 beta or more. In other words, the new feature is currently in the public testing phase. Therefore, we cannot tell for sure if it will make its way to all users at the moment.
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